Single L wrote:Clown Shoes Chocolate Sombrero- Great beer, I really enjoyed it. Not as much ancho chile coming through like I thought it would, but overall a fun and different chocolate stout. Lots of layers of flavor going on. I would definitely buy again.

AO wrote:Brawley's Beverage in Charlotte is a great place to stop if anyone is in the area. Went back to NoDa Brew Co, hit up Birdsong Brew for the first time and the Common Market. Common was kind of a hippy vibe but people are nice. Then on the way back Mandie and I went to Wicked Weed Brew Co last night. NC has a good thing going for them.

Glad you made time to get to those places. We love NoDa and Birdsong. Nothing outlandish -- just good solid beer. Also love Triple C -- great place and good beer. They had a Breakfast Porter last winter that was awesome. They saved some and have been aging it in bourbon barrels, to be released soon. Should have at least one more brewery open (Unknown Brewing), maybe more, by the time you come out next year.

Naughty Temple (95 World-Class Ranking) & Zeelander (94 Outstanding Ranking) are the only ones not in the Worldwide Style top 50 of the ones that made the Midwest top 50. Naughty temple is only 0.01 from the top 50 with its score and Zeelander is only 0.04.

"I'm not impressed with aces of any kind. 95% of the time, they're just bad shots that got lucky and happened to hit the chains. Otherwise, they'd have sailed 50' past the hole." ~ Cydisc

Nice! It's so good and catching on. When I travel out of state my beer geek buddies are always trying of get me to bring them some. Mandie, the Palmers and myself are going there for the weekend when they release KBBS. Along with the fantastic beer the drive is nice and the city of Decorah has a lot of cool things to do.